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The Assessment trailer sees Elizabeth Olsen and Himesh Patel face Alicia Vikander’s ultimate parenting test

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Magnolia Pictures and Magnet Releasing have dropped the trailer for their dystopian drama The Assessment. Directed by Fleur Fortuné, the film tells the near-future story of a couple, played by Elizabeth Olsen and Himesh Patel, who must be evaluated by Alicia Vikander’s assessor to see if they are fit to have a child in a […]

Shrek 5 teaser announces Zendaya as Shrek’s daughter

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Universal Pictures has given audiences their first look at Far Far Away in fifteen years by dropping a teaser for Shrek 5. As well as giving the swamp-dwellers an aesthetic overhaul, the announcement video confirmed the return of Mike Myers as Shrek, Cameron Diaz as Fiona and Eddie Murphy as Donkey, whilst also heralding the […]

New trailer for A24 horror-comedy Death of a Unicorn starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega

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Ahead of its world premiere next week at SXSW, A24 has released a second trailer for Death of a Unicorn, the horror-comedy from writer-director Alex Scharfman. Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega star as Elliot and Ridley, a father and daughter who accidently crash into a unicorn on the way to a weekend retreat where Elliot’s […]

Trailer for contemporary Western thriller Day of Reckoning starring Billy Zane and Scott Adkins

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With just a month to go until its release, a trailer has arrived online for director Shaun Silva’s contemporary Western thriller Day of Reckoning. The film follows struggling sheriff John Dorsey and U.S. Marshall Butch Hayden as they team up to take down the outlaw Emily Rusk when they are faced her marauding husband and […]

Trailer for crime drama Mob Cops starring David Arquette

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Lionsgate has shared a trailer and images for Mob Cops, the upcoming crime drama from Danny A. Abeckaser which tells the story of corruption with the NYPD after a retired detective writes a book, igniting a firestorm between the dirty cops and those trying to bring them to justice. The cast of Mob Cops includes […]

R.I.P. Gene Hackman (1930 – 2025)

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Some very sad news to report this morning as it has been announced that legendary American actor Gene Hackman has passed away aged 95, having been found dead alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa and their family dog at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Although details are yet to be confirmed regarding a cause […]

The Asylum unleashes The Jolly Monkey with trailer for horror mockbuster

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With Osgood Perkins’ Stephen King adaptation The Monkey currently in cinemas, The Asylum has shared a poster and trailer for its own ‘mockbuster’ knock-off The Jolly Monkey ahead of its release this coming Friday. Written and directed by Ryan Ebert, the film sees siblings return to their family’s crumbling motel to decide what to do with […]

Movie Review – Alarum (2025)

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Alarum, 2025. Directed by Michael Polish. Starring Scott Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, Willa Fitzgerald, Mike Colter, D.W. Moffett, Isis Valverde, Anton Narinskiy, Patrick Millin, Joel Cohen, Bailey Edwards, Abigail Spear, Patrick Millin, Ken Strunk, and La Monde Byrd. SYNOPSIS: After the CIA discovers the whereabouts of two rogue spies, who have not only gone off-grid but […]

Reacher spin-off Neagley adds five to cast alongside Maria Sten

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With the third season of Reacher having kicked off on Amazon Prime, further word has come on the spin-off focusing on Maria Sten’s Frances Neagley, one of Jack Reacher’s closest allies, with the upcoming series officially titled Neagley and gaining a set of series regulars. Neagley is now in production and will see Sten reprising her role as Neagley […]